Outside the Beltway

If the United Kingdom does go through with Brexit, it could lead to an existential crisis for the United Kingdom itself.

Brexit seems like it’s inevitable at this point, and that could set in motion a series of events that would mean the end of the United Kingdom.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.

More on rules and how they matter (plus issues of representation).

Adding to the political headaches for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a new poll shows majority support for Scottish independence in Scotland as the United Kingdom stumbles toward Brexit.

The pro-Brexit Brexit Party and the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats both scored big wins in the United Kingdom’s E.U. elections, while the two major parties suffered big losses.

The Scots want to stop Brexit, but it’s not clear they have the power to stop it.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is hinting she might try to revive a Scottish independence vote in the wake of Brexit. That’s easier said than done.

A political surprise in Great Britain as Prime Minister Theresa May calls a snap election for June 8th.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will formally invoke Article 50 of the European Union treaty on March 29th, thus officially beginning a Brexit process likely to take years.

Scotland’s First Minister is calling for another independence vote in the wake of the beginning of the Brexit process, but she’s unlikely to get it.

A quick succession of events this morning means that Theresa May will become Britain’s Prime Minister far sooner than anticipated.

Is Scotland next?

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

The murder of Jo Cox, MP is looking more and more like a politically motivated assassination, and that’s causing some in Great Britain to look inward.

With just over a week to go, the latest polling shows voters in the United Kingdom leaning toward leaving the European Union.

Britons will go to the polls in June to decide the future of their country’s relationship with the rest of Europe.

Legislators in Spain’s Catalonia region took a step toward independence, but Madrid apparently wants nothing to do with it.

The just-concluded British General Election was also a clash between two former top advisers to President Obama.

The Burning Man Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

One of these ballots is legit. The others, not so much.

The thought they’d win big and silence the Scottish separatists. They were wrong.

It’s all over but the voting in Scotland.

Thoughts on the Scottish referendum (and on the issue of thresholds and decision-making).

With just nine days to go, it’s anyone’s guess how the Scottish Independence vote will turn out.

If recent polling is to be believed, the bid for Scottish independence is going to go down in flames.

Scottish independence may be more likely than many think.

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